Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, PIMs, PPP and SOG for skaters. ... Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, defense pairs, power-play usage, team's offseason changes, injury history, age, sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, contract status, Yahoo ADP and overall upside for the rest of the season. ... Any players with day-to-day injury concerns (DTD) are noted. NEW - INJ. indicates a player who has returned from injury and rejoined the rankings.
1. Brent Burns, SJS (SAME)
2. P.K. Subban, NSH (SAME)
3. Victor Hedman, TBL (+1)
4. John Klingberg, DAL (-1)
5. Drew Doughty, LAK (SAME)
6. John Carlson, WSH (SAME)
7. Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI (+1)
8. Dustin Byfuglien, WPG (+3)
9. Torey Krug, BOS (SAME)
10. Roman Josi, NSH (SAME)
11. Kris Letang, PIT (+3)
12. Dougie Hamilton, CGY (+1)
13. Seth Jones, CBJ (-6)
14. Erik Karlsson, OTT (+3)
15. Mark Giordano, CGY (SAME)
16. Alex Pietrangelo, STL (-4)
17. Jake Gardiner, TOR (+1)
18. Tyson Barrie, COL (+6)
19. Keith Yandle, FLA (SAME)
20. Ryan Ellis, NSH (+9)
21. Jake Muzzin, LAK (-3)
22. Charlie McAvoy, BOS (SAME)
23. Rasmus Ristolainen, BUF (-3)
24. Aaron Ekblad, FLA (+3)
25. Zach Werenski, CBJ (-4)
26. Tyler Myers, WPG (+4)
27. Matt Dumba, MIN (+4)
28. Ivan Provorov, PHI (-3)
29. Colton Parayko, STL (-6)
30. Mikhail Sergachev, TBL (-4)
31. Morgan Rielly, TOR (-3)
32. Ryan Suter, MIN (+1)
33. Justin Faulk, CAR (-1)
34. Colin Miller, VGK (+5)
35. Jeff Petry, MTL (+2)
36. Jared Spurgeon, MIN (+2)
37. Cam Fowler, ANA (-3)
38. Nick Leddy, NYI (-2)
39. Josh Manson, ANA (+1)
40. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS (NEW)
41. Justin Schultz, PIT (+2)
42. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI (+7)
43. Duncan Keith, CHI (-1)
44. Sami Vatanen, NJD (NEW)
45. Mike Green, DET (DTD)
46. Alex Goligoski, ARI (+1)
47. Mike Matheson, FLA (NEW)
48. Zdeno Chara, BOS (+2)
49. Nate Schmidt, VGK (NEW)
50. Oscar Klefbom, EDM (NEW)
Dropped out: Esa Lindell, DAL; Darnell Nurse, EDM; Ryan Pulock, NYI; Shea Theodore, VGK
Just missed:Jaccob Slavin, CAR; Dion Phaneuf, LAK; Samuel Girard, COL; Alec Martinez, LAK; Vince Dunn, STL
Key injuries: Shea Weber, MTL; Kevin Shattenkirk, NYR; Jacob Trouba, WPG; Ryan McDonagh, NYR; Erik Johnson, COL (dropped out)
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